yes, well, you know what they say... nothing motivates a team that just won a championship with 3 weeks to go by telling them that the #2 overall seed will have a tougher than normal 1st round game than the #1 seed.

2) TV Timeouts/DVR: no one mentioned this but with modern DVR tech, it's soooo easy to start the game at home 45 mins into it and zip thru the commercials, QTR and Halftimes, dumb reviews, etc. That's the TV difference b/t now and 20 years ago: DVR.

3) a few have mentioned this but I'll expand on it: "Frat Bros." That's right. You know the douchebags that think they own the place and feel they are entitled to have everyone know that they think the own the place. Drunk, obnoxious, not kid friendly, not funny, not really enjoying it b/c they clearly have anger issues, hate on the opponent (or their own team) in hateful ways.

those guys should be kicked out of the stadium but no, the rest of us have to suck it up. Well, fuck that shit - I'd rather watch it at home with DVR with people that aren't complete douchbags. I can kick the douchbags out of my house/not let them in and thus don't have to deal with those mouthbreathers.

If your opinion is that the Earth is flat, then GTFO and don't come back. His opinion is worse that that however, b/c it inherently and wrongly paints a %age of actual people as "unnatural" and "mentally diseased."

AFAIAC, this guy should be ostracised from this community, and any other community for that matter, due to his cruelty and ignorance. This shit should not be tolerated here or anywhere

I understand the DoD being added but the thing I think ppl are having trouble with is that being able to keep your ass off the ice should be the fundamental qualifier for a successful routine. Look at gymnastics- you can attempt a tougher set but if you land on your tuckus you won’t contend for a medal. Same for diving- if you try a triple lindy but enter the water ass first you won’t be On the podium.

It’s fair to set up scoring to encourage tougher routines but landing on the wrong edge is way different than landing on your clavicle. I could go out and attempt a quintuple -quad combo with special sauce or whatever the fuck but if I can’t land it without later filing a dental insurance claim due to landing on my mandible then I shouldnt be ahead of half the field.

It’s not like Rippon went out and executed a great routine for a 12u competition.

Did anyone read that article by Gregg henson about the staff friction? I'm beyond concerned that Harbaugh lost his ability to ID great coaches who can recurit, teach and scheme/Coordinate a game - especially WRT to Drevno/Pep/QBcoaching/Coordinating the offense.

Maybe some paralasis by analysis in combination with the best guys moving on and JH not being able to ID the best option to replace them.

The offinse took a dive as the year went on, from the OL to the QB to recruiting by Nov-Feb.

I'd agree with all of this Craig, but I think there's something that you're missing: did M go after a 3-start right away, based on in-person and/or camp performance or did they strike out on some higher rated 4-5* player and then settle on the 3*?

The WR (who seems like a 2 star/VERY late bloomer due to playing basketball almost exclusively) doesn't bother me. That's a kid the coaches seemed to have ID'd and gone after in a targeted fasion.

Many of the other guys however, well they seem to be guys that maybe they had hoped to get someone else but obvisously didn't.

This all comes with a big caveate that I dodn't follow recruiting to an extent that I know every pathway of every target M had in 2018.